With the season over, it’s time to look back at the inaugural Brooklyn campaign for the Nets. To do so, I’m going to take a look at each player on the roster, examining how they got here, what happened this season, and what their future holds. Next up is Damion James.

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2012-13 Regular season statistics:

Played in two games, and grabbed one rebound. Didn’t attempt a shot.

How he got here:

James signed a 10-day contract with the Nets on January 13. He left the team after it expired and the Nets chose not to bring him back.

Season in review:

After James suffered through an injury-plagued two years with the Nets after he was acquired by them in a draft day trade with the Hawks after Atlanta selected him in 2010, they chose not to re-sign him as part of their massive roster overhaul last summer.

The Hawks wound up signing James to a non-guaranteed deal prior to the preseason, and then let him go just before the start of the regular season. Then, after James went to the D-League and played for the Bakersfield Jam for the first two months of the season, the Nets picked him up when they were short-handed at small forward after Gerald Wallace went down with an injury shortly after the Nets had let Josh Childress go before his non-guaranteed contract became guaranteed for the rest of the season.

But after barely playing in two games during his 10-day contract, the Nets opted not to bring back James, after only initially deciding to bring him in thanks to his familiarity with their system and ability to step in quickly if needed because they were already short-handed. He then returned to Bakersfield, where he finished the season with 15.8 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in 44 games.

Where does he go from here?

It seems unlikely that James is going to forge himself a long NBA career, despite his physical gifts. He is very athletic and has the capability to be a good defender at the small forward spot, but he’s extremely limited as a shooter. And in today’s game, where small forwards – and many power forwards – are needed to stretch the floor and knock down shots out to the 3-point line, unless James can develop that skill he’s going to struggle to make it onto an NBA team.